University goes over $635,000 goal for SEFA

Faculty, staff, students and volunteers from throughout the university have demonstrated their commitment to the community in which they live and work by again helping UB to meet its SEFA goal.

Although final tabulations won't be available until sometime early in the spring, as of Dec. 8, the $635,000 goal had been surpassed.

"Congratulations and many thanks to Barry Eckert, who took on the huge task of leading the campaign, and to all of UB's leaders-deans, vice presidents, chairs, directors-who offered their support. Building new partnerships helped bring the campus community together to reach this goal," said President William R. Greiner.

"Most importantly," Greiner added, "our thanks go to all the UB people who stepped up one more time with generous contributions to show how much UB cares for our Western New York community. SEFA is a great UB tradition, one we all can be proud of."

In all, 13 units have met or exceeded their goals for the 1997 campaign. They are the Provost Areas, School of Architecture and Planning, Graduate School of Education, School of Health Related Professions, School of Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, School of Nursing, Office of the President, School of Social Work, UB Foundation, Student Affairs, University Services and Public Service and Urban Affairs.

The recipient of the annual SEFA Chair's Cup, honoring the unit that achieved the greatest increase in the percentage of people participating in the campaign, will be announced once all SEFA cards have been received and tallied.

SEFA Chair Barry Eckert said he was pleased to see contributions pass the $635,000 mark.

"It's really gratifying to reach this goal," noted Eckert, dean of the School of Health Related Professions. "As chair, I have had the pleasure of working with people from all across the university, and it has been great to see how we could all pull together to accomplish this."

"It also has been a great opportunity to experience firsthand how much our contributions mean to people in need," he added. "Meeting the goal means that UB really knows the value of caring for our community.

"On behalf of everyone who worked on the campaign, our congratulations and our thanks to every member of the campus community who joined in this great partnership in caring."